Improvement in cotton-presses



No. 29,904. 1 PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1860.

W. T. OPIE. COTTON P3383.

Wi wam.- Y I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

w. TQOPIE, or" SCARBOROUGH, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.29,904. dated Sept cmber' l, 1860.

To all whom it may concern.--

Be it known that I, W. T. ()PIE, of Scarborough, in the county. of Screven and State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved joints, with friction-rollers applied at their knees or joints, which are acted 'upon by a.-

number of compound levers, so as to extend the joints and force up the follower and rod with great force, and at the same time as rap-' idly as possible, the motion being given to the parts by a.horse or by manual power, as it may be found most convenient.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The press-box A is supported and braced in a suitably strong manner in'thc top of a strong frame-work consisting of four posts, B B B B, and crossbars C G G. The upright posts B are mortised into the sill D, so as to be rigidly and firmly secured to it.

E is the follower or pressing-head, that is moved up and down within the box A perpendicularly, and F is its rod that projects down from it a suitable length, and is pivoted to a jointed rod, G, and in this joint is placed a friction-wheel,,n, that plays up and down may be continued; but the rod G to a stationary block,

the 'sill D. This combination of jointed l'e- In this .figure the movable parts are represented in againsta stationary piece,'H. (Seen in Fig. 2.) To this rod G isjointed a similar rod,G,with

These a friction-roller, a, applied atits joint. two rods G G forma knee or toggle -joint, and to the lower end of rod G a similar rod, G is jointed, with a friction-roller, a at its knee, and this latter rod, G", is again jointed to another rod, G, and so on the combination I), that is mortised into vers is to be operated so as to straighten out and force the follower upward to the position seen in red lines, 2. To effect this object in a simple and efficient way an arm, I,

is employed, which is pivoted to a block, b,

that is mortised into the sill close to block I). This arm acts against the two friction-rollers a'and'a, and forces the friction-rollers a, a against the pieces (that are stationary) H H.

The arm carries on its upper end a frictionroller, 0, that bears against an arm, J, that'is jointed at its upper end to a block, d, projecting from the cross-bar C, and proceeds down and is pivoted by a Tpiece on itsend to two connecting-rods, K K, which pass in nearly a horizontal line on each side of the arm J, in front of the jointed rod G and connect by a link, L, to the lever M,whicl1 has its fulcruni at the end of a stationary arm, N. This lever M may be made of any desirable length, accord' ing to the power it is desired to apply to the arms I J and toggle-joints, and to this lever the animals, if animal-power be employed, are

hitched, drawing this lever in the direction.

indicated by the arrow seen in Fig. 1. is a stickjoint-ed at its upper end to the lever M, and resting on'the ground, that follows the lever, and prevents a sudden recoil of the arms and levers while the pressing is taking place.

The cotton is placed in the box when the follower is down, or in the position represented in black lines, Fig. 2. A suitable top is then secured down over the box and the motion is applied to lever M, as before described, until the parts assume the relative positions shown in red lines, Fig. 2, or nearly these positions, according to the distance the follower is to be forced upward. The bale thus compressed is suitably bound, and the parts returned back to their former position to repeat the operation. Y

I do not claim the toggle-levers for operatis pivoted .ing the follower by extending 0r drawing them 11po'n by thefarm L pressin'g against their'rolL together, forthese will 'be' found in severalin; ers,ar 1dextend .ng them;asdescribed,andwhen sbailqes applied tocotton-presses already 'sesa'idarm is itself operated by arm J, connect: cured by Letters Patent; but

What ldoelalm-as new, and desire to secure described and represented.

by Letters Patent, is I T. OPIE.

The combination qftoggle-ievers applied to Witnesses; the f0110v'ver,a1 1d havingfriction-rollers at their J, G, LAWRENCE,- -j0ints,'as set fort-h, when; these levers are acted E. H. HULL.

ing-r pds K KQaJnd link-arid lever M, as herein 

